World Spider Catalog

Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Acanthoctenidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 378; Lehtinen's inclusion of the Thalassiinae (Pisauridae) was rejected by Brignoli, 1983c: 585; considered polyphyletic by Griswold, 1993: 37); limits thoroughly discussed by Silva-Dávila, 2003; Cupiennius Simon, 1891 transferred to the Trechaleidae by Piacentini & Ramírez, 2019: 233, Mahafalytenus Silva-Dávila, 2007 transferred to the Viridasiidae by Azevedo et al., 2022: 12 and Ancylometes Bertkau, 1880 transferred to the Ancylometidae by Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025: 7; Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025: 7 list these subfamilies: Acantheinae Simon, 1897a: 115 (sub Acantheae), Acanthocteninae Simon, 1892, Calocteninae Simon, 1897a: 119 (sub Calocteneae), Cteninae and Enoplocteninae Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025.

Gen. Amicactenus Henrard & Jocqué, 2017 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04401

type Ctenus pergulanus Arts, 1912; gender masculine

In synonymy:

Amicactenus aliegenus (Arts, 1912) = Amicactenus eminens (Arts, 1912) (Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 145, sub Ctenus)

Amicactenus eminens (Arts, 1912) | | Togo, Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038343

Ctenus eminens Arts, 1912: 205, pl. 2, f. 32 (Df) Original description

Ctenus aliegenus Arts, 1912: 211, pl. 3, f. 45 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062495]

Ctenus eminens Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 145, f. 31-36, 75, 83 (mf, removed from S of Ctenus nigromaculatus, rejecting Benoit, 1980: 110, S of Ctenus aliegenus [removed from S of Ctenus pergulanus, rejecting Benoit, 1980: 117])

Ctenus eminens Polotow & Brescovit, 2014: 348, f. 8A-C (m)

Amicactenus eminens Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 97, f. S2A-G (mf, T from Ctenus)

Amicactenus fallax (Steyn & Van der Donckt, 2003) | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038721

Ctenus fallax Steyn & Van der Donckt in Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 147, f. 37-42, 70, 84 (Dmf) Original description

Amicactenus fallax Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 97, f. S3A-H (mf, T from Ctenus)

Amicactenus mysticus Henrard & Jocqué, 2017 | | Guinea, Liberia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049389

Amicactenus mysticus Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 100, f. 7A-D, 8A-C, 9A-C, 10A-F (Dmf) Original description

Amicactenus pergulanus (Arts, 1912) | | West, Central Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020657 TYPE SPECIES

Ctenus pergulanus Arts, 1912: 198, pl. 2, f. 18 (Df) Original description

Ctenus pergulanus Benoit, 1980: 117, f. 9, 14 (mf, S of Ctenus aliegenus, rejected by Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 145, see Amicactenus eminens)

Ctenus pergulanus Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 156, f. 56-63, 71, 88 (mf)

Amicactenus pergulanus Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 97, f. S4A-G (mf, T from Ctenus)